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Ad skip feature for characterizing advertisement effectiveness

US8468056B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2010
Grant dateJun 18, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/025
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for characterizing effectiveness of online advertisements inserted into media streams based at least in part on monitoring events indicative of an audience skipping ad streams inserted into the media streams. The methods and systems described in this specification enable tracking the number of impressions prior to detecting events indicative of interest or disinterest for ad streams inserted into a media stream.

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